Oral ulcerations are a very common sight within the oral cavity. Luckily, due to the high reparative nature of the oral mucosa, many oral ulceration cases can be resolved with minimal or no intervention at all. However, diagnosis the ulceration is the easy part. Determining the cause is much tougher. Differential diagnosis Ulcerations can be…
With every new patient and re-call exam, a head/ neck exam is recommended. This gives our profession a chance to detect irregularities that are usually not checked for by the patient’s regular physician. In fact, in North America, people visit their dentists more often than their physician, therefore the dental profession can act as a…
Systemic chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is an immune condition that happens after a transplant, when the immune cells of the graft attack the host’s tissues. This condition can happen after bone marrow transplants, even when the donor is related to the host. Oral manifestations of cGVHD usually occur 100 days after the transplant, and more…